The Original Cast

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Intermission: Let's Do the Show Right Here! (w/ Doug Wilder) Dec 26, 2018

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Doug Wilder is an actor/director/filmmaker. During his episode about No Way to Treat a Lady, we talked about the idea of self-production and what a double-edged sword it can be.

Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? November's episode features Peter Boyer (The Fantasticks 1960) and Jenny Male (Urinetown: The Musical) talking about the Marx Brothers' masterpiece: Duck Soup (1933).

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Matt Bassett / The Most Happy Fella - The Complete Broadway Performance (1956) Dec 19, 2018

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The Hub Theatre's brand new artistic director is here to talk about Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls follow-up that sprawled 3-LPs in its original release.

Topics include: Catfishing in the 1950s, 3-Act musicals, and Is a Chico Marx impression racist?

Featured recording: The Most Happy Fella - The Complete Broadway Performance (1956)

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Intermission: Disco Jesus and the Apostles of Funk (w/ Vaughn Irving) Dec 12, 2018

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Vaughn is the Artistic Director of the Santa Fe Playhouse. During his episode on the GroovyLily musical Striking 12, we discussed two other musicals he wrote/co-wrote: You or Whatever I Can Get and Disco Jesus and the Apostles of Funk, both of which debuted at the Capitol Fringe Festival here in D.C.

Featured recordings: Striking 12 - The New GrooveLily Musical (2005)

Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? November's episode features Peter Boyer (The Fantasticks - 1960) and Jenny Male (Urinetown: The Musical) talking about the Marx Brothers' masterpiece: Duck Soup (1933).

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Jennifer Osborn / Jesus Christ Superstar - Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber's (1996) Dec 05, 2018

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CultralDC's Operations Manager is here to talk about not only the '96 London revival cast album of Jesus Christ Superstar (released in the US in 2000) but also the 2018 NBC broadcast of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (which was live but was not a concert).

Topics include: pop-culture Catholicism, the 5 notes you want to hear, and how Michael Crawford is Jen's husband.

Featured recordings: Jesus Christ Superstar - Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber's (1996) • Jesus Christ Superstar - A Rock Opera (1970)

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Intermission: Playing Auditions (w/ Elisa Rosman) Nov 28, 2018

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During pianist and music director Elisa Rosman's episode on Falsettos, we discussed what makes a song difficult and/or fun to play. We also cover what an audition is like from the point-of-view of that person at the piano to whom you just handed your sheet music.

Featured recordings: Falsettoland - Original Cast (1990) • Sunday in the Park with George - Original Cast Recording (1984) • The Light in the Piazza - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2005) • The Last Five Years - Original Cast Recording (2002) • My Fair Lady - Original Broadway Cast (1956) • Thoroughly Modern Millie - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2002)

Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? November's episode features Peter Boyer (The Fantasticks - 1960) and Jenny Male (Urinetown: The Musical) talking about the Marx Brothers' masterpiece: Duck Soup (1933).

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Live from the Flying V Awesome-a-Thon Vol. 2! Nov 21, 2018

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Patrick is joined by Michael J. Bobbitt, James Finley, Kari Ginsburg, and Emily Zickler for a discussion, debate, trivia, and singing. Our topic: "I Want" Songs.

Recorded live at Flying V Theatre's 2nd annual 24-hour fundraiser: Awesome-a-Thon Vol. 2! on April 8, 2018.

0:01:42 "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin ·· performed by Patrick Flynn ·· music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

0:20:16 "Something's Coming" from West Side Story ·· performed by Michael J. Bobbitt ·· music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

0:35:00 "The Wizard and I" from Wicked ·· performed by Emily Zickler ·· music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

0:50:34 "Somewhere That's Green" from Little Shop of Horrors ·· performed by James Finley ·· music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman

1:02:00 "Some People" from Gypsy ·· performed by Kari Ginsburg ·· music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

1:15:10 "Maybe" from Annie ·· performed by Emily Zickler & Company ·· music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin

1:23:14 "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from the film The Wizard of Oz ·· music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E Y Harburg

with Heather Hurley on piano

Courtney Laine Self / Crazy for You - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1992) Nov 14, 2018

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Courtney Laine Self is a director/choreographer. She directed Sheila and Moby and wrote her thesis on Crazy for You. She also likes to push Patrick's buttons. And the feeling is very mutual.

Topics include: Ken Ludwig (the man, not the poster), the interpretive power of dance, and Susan Stroman.

Featured recording:

Crazy for You - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1992)

Tickets to Sheila and Moby by Patrick Flynn, directed by Courtney Laine Self NOW ON SALE!

Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? October's episode features Jason Schlafstein (Chess - 1984) and Courtney Laine Self (Crazy for You) talking about the cultiest of cult musicals: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).

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Susanna Pretzer / Be More Chill - Original Cast Recording (2015) *Flashback* Nov 07, 2018

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Patrick's new play Sheila and Moby presented by Flying V Theatre is NOW PLAYING. So episodes over the next few weeks will all be related to that production. Susanna Pretzer is Flying V's literary manager and served as dramaturg during Sheila and Moby's almost two-year development process. ORIGINAL NOTES: It's a Zeitler*! Dramaturg Susanna Pretzer is here to talk about this Joe Iconis musical based on the YA novel but Patrick keeps bringing up Heathers and it's super annoying. Featured recordings: Be More Chill - Original Cast Recording (2015) Heathers - World Premiere Recording (2014) *(An episode about a show of which Patrick has never heard.) Tickets to Sheila and Moby by Patrick Flynn, directed by Courtney Laine Self NOW ON SALE! Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? October's episode features Jason Schlafstein (Chess - 1984) and Courtney Laine Self (Crazy for You) talking about that Disney musical experience: Newsies (1992) Patreon Twitter Facebook Email

Cassie Cope / Heathers - World Premiere Recording (2014) Oct 31, 2018

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FINALLY! We're talking about Heathers with Cassie Cope who can currently be seen in Flying V's production of Sheila and Moby in the role of "Courtney."

Topics include: Dying alone; bops; and how Cassie convinced her mother to take eighth-grade self and her eight-year-old sister to see this show in New York, twice, on consecutive nights.

Featured recording:

Heathers - World Premiere Recording (2014)

Tickets to Sheila and Moby by Patrick Flynn, directed by Courtney Laine Self NOW ON SALE!

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Farrell Parker / A Chorus Line - Original Broadway Cast (1975) *Flashback* Oct 24, 2018

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Rehearsals have begun for Patrick's new play Sheila and Moby presented by Flying V Theatre. So episodes over the next few weeks will all be related to that production.

Farrell Parker plays the dual roles of Lara & Curly in Sheila and Moby and we're flashing back to her 2017 episode about A Chorus Line.

ORIGINAL NOTES:

Actor and Shakespearean scholar-in-training Farrell Parker comes by to talk about an album she adores and a show she does not. And the call is coming from inside the studio!

Also T&A, ballet, and the nature and understanding of the concept of success.

Featured recordings:

A Chorus Line - Original Broadway Cast (1975)

A Chorus Line - The New Cast Recording (2007)

Tickets to Sheila and Moby by Patrick Flynn, directed by Courtney Laine Self NOW ON SALE!

Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? September's episode features Tia Shearer Bassett (Titanic) and James Finley (The Life) talking about that Disney musical experience: Newsies (1992)

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